Michigan State Fair
Yesterday, I met my friends, the Stresmans, at the Michigan State Fair. Since its in a terrible neighborhood, my brother drove with me. The fair had just opened, and it had been raining, so when we got there, it wasn't crowded in the least. I liked that.
Craig likens it to a glorified carnival. That's the part I don't care for. There were tons of food vendors and carnival rides, but I don't like rides (having a tendency to faint and get sick), and I don't eat fried foods.
However, I did like the animals. The "Miracle of life exhibit was very cool. They had all the pregnant and newborn baby animals there. I saw twin lambs an hour old (so sweet), baby calves, tiny piglets, new hatched poultry. (Baby quails are teeny tiny, smaller than your thumb). We went to the sheep pens where they were shearing and vacuuming the sheep (I instantly started coughing from the animals and hay, since I have bad allergies, and today my sinuses are killing me. This proves I'm a suburb girl, born and bred).
The art exhibit was interesting. Katie had her painting on display, with a gold ribbon. Quite impressive. Some of the quality of art was astounding. I loved some of the quilting. Laura Lesko, volleyball player from Madonna College, made a quilt of all her old T-shirts, warm-ups, and cloth squares with photos from her volleyball career. That was quite interesting. Just to think a college athlete was a quilter. Other art mediums were simply comical. How about the ugliest cake contest? The winner was a cow patty, complete with little flies on it. Yuck!.
Other bizarreness: The cow and calf made from 330 pounds of butter was intriguing, as was the gigantic stove that was once used to advertise Michigan and Detroit factories in the late 1800's. Alice Cooper was the main act last night.
I actually liked the amateur stage performances, with lots of kids singing. Of great amusement to the rest of us, a cute, woman acrobat/juggler picked my brother, Craig, out of the crowd to be her lovely assistant. Craig was then subjected to a comedy routine with her leaping onto his back and clutching him around the neck, while trying to mount the tight rope, and making funny comments. Craig got laughs when she said to pick anything from the stage for her to juggle, and he picked knives. Then when she told him to hand her the knives, one at a time, she got laughs by scolding him for handing her the knives blade first. I have to say, we all got a good laugh out of that performance. Craig was a good sport about it. I, personally, would have run screaming the other way, if she approached me!
Craig likens it to a glorified carnival. That's the part I don't care for. There were tons of food vendors and carnival rides, but I don't like rides (having a tendency to faint and get sick), and I don't eat fried foods.
However, I did like the animals. The "Miracle of life exhibit was very cool. They had all the pregnant and newborn baby animals there. I saw twin lambs an hour old (so sweet), baby calves, tiny piglets, new hatched poultry. (Baby quails are teeny tiny, smaller than your thumb). We went to the sheep pens where they were shearing and vacuuming the sheep (I instantly started coughing from the animals and hay, since I have bad allergies, and today my sinuses are killing me. This proves I'm a suburb girl, born and bred).
The art exhibit was interesting. Katie had her painting on display, with a gold ribbon. Quite impressive. Some of the quality of art was astounding. I loved some of the quilting. Laura Lesko, volleyball player from Madonna College, made a quilt of all her old T-shirts, warm-ups, and cloth squares with photos from her volleyball career. That was quite interesting. Just to think a college athlete was a quilter. Other art mediums were simply comical. How about the ugliest cake contest? The winner was a cow patty, complete with little flies on it. Yuck!.
Other bizarreness: The cow and calf made from 330 pounds of butter was intriguing, as was the gigantic stove that was once used to advertise Michigan and Detroit factories in the late 1800's. Alice Cooper was the main act last night.
I actually liked the amateur stage performances, with lots of kids singing. Of great amusement to the rest of us, a cute, woman acrobat/juggler picked my brother, Craig, out of the crowd to be her lovely assistant. Craig was then subjected to a comedy routine with her leaping onto his back and clutching him around the neck, while trying to mount the tight rope, and making funny comments. Craig got laughs when she said to pick anything from the stage for her to juggle, and he picked knives. Then when she told him to hand her the knives, one at a time, she got laughs by scolding him for handing her the knives blade first. I have to say, we all got a good laugh out of that performance. Craig was a good sport about it. I, personally, would have run screaming the other way, if she approached me!